356 The Churches of Sherston, Corston, and Netheravon. 
pavement of concrete had been laid around the outside of the tower, 
which precluded excavation to investigate the area of these three 
buildings. 
The tall lower stage of the tower is divided by a floor internally; 
just above the level of this floor, in the east wall, is an opening 
which led into the space over the flat ceiling of the original nave, 
and below the floor in the north wall a similar opening giving 
access to the space between the ceiling and roof of the north 
adjunct. The space above this dividing floor was lighted by small, 
plain, round-headed windows with wide inner splays in the north 
and south faces. The upper stage of the tower is coeval with the 
lower, and was lighted by the smaller window of the same type 
just above the set-off on the west, and, probably, by others on the 
north and south; but the latter two have given way to two-light 
windows inserted at near the middle of the 13th century, when the 
corbel table of the tower was added, and the nave re-built, as 
described below. The parapet of the tower bears the date 1626. 
The present nave with its clerestory was built at about the 
middle of the 13th century; the arches of the arcades are pointed, 
of two orders of splays without labels; all the columns have 
moulded caps and bases, the two western ones on each side are 
cylindrical, and the arches are carried on moulded corbels on the 
western respond, but the easternmost column on each side isa 
compound one, the respond having a demi-column of similar plan. 
The clerestory walls are carried to the height of 24ft. from the 
floor, and have four lancet windows on each side, not ranging with 
the arches, with wide internal splays carried round the arches. 
There is also a good corbel-tabling under the eaves which was 
probably formerly surmounted by a parapet. The Chancel appears 
to be coeval with the nave: it has a lancet window of the same 
type at about the centre of each side wall, a priest’s door on the 
north and two buttresses standing square at each angle, with single 
set-off. 
The east window is a three-light one of Geometrical type. 
During the restoration of the Church on which I was engaged in 
1888 the interesting two-light Early Decorated window high up, 
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